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title: Circonus
description: Adapter for circonus.com's monitoring solution.
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<p>The <code>circonus</code> adapter enables Istio to deliver metric data to the
<a href="https://www.circonus.com">Circonus</a> monitoring backend.</p>

<p>This adapter supports the <a href="https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/templates/metric/">metric template</a>.</p>

<h2 id="Params">Params</h2>
<section>
<p>Configuration format for the Circonus adapter.</p>

<table class="message-fields">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Field</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Required</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr id="Params-submission_url">
<td><code>submissionUrl</code></td>
<td><code>string</code></td>
<td>
<p>Circonus SubmissionURL to HTTPTrap check</p>

</td>
<td>
No
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="Params-submission_interval">
<td><code>submissionInterval</code></td>
<td><code><a href="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/google.protobuf#duration">Duration</a></code></td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
No
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="Params-metrics">
<td><code>metrics</code></td>
<td><code><a href="#Params-MetricInfo">MetricInfo[]</a></code></td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
No
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<h2 id="Params-MetricInfo">Params.MetricInfo</h2>
<section>
<p>Describes how to represent a metric</p>

<table class="message-fields">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Field</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Required</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr id="Params-MetricInfo-name">
<td><code>name</code></td>
<td><code>string</code></td>
<td>
<p>name</p>

</td>
<td>
No
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="Params-MetricInfo-type">
<td><code>type</code></td>
<td><code><a href="#Params-MetricInfo-Type">Type</a></code></td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
No
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<h2 id="Params-MetricInfo-Type">Params.MetricInfo.Type</h2>
<section>
<p>The type of metric.</p>

<table class="enum-values">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr id="Params-MetricInfo-Type-UNKNOWN">
<td><code>UNKNOWN</code></td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="Params-MetricInfo-Type-COUNTER">
<td><code>COUNTER</code></td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="Params-MetricInfo-Type-GAUGE">
<td><code>GAUGE</code></td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="Params-MetricInfo-Type-DISTRIBUTION">
<td><code>DISTRIBUTION</code></td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
